Last year, the Pell City Players raised $4000 for scholarships for Pell City High School students.

In their second year of “Night on Broadway” they hope to raise more. Partnering with the PCHS Showstoppers, students from PCHS and the Pell City Players performed a selection of songs from Broadway hits such as Spam-a-lot, Wicked, Waitress, Into the Woods, Book of Mormon, Newsies, and Cats at their event at CEPA on Feb. 17.

“Thank you so much for being here to support the program,” Ginger McCurry, PCHS drama teacher and show choir director said. 

At the event on Feb. 17, they raised $2300 from ticket sales and donations, but their fundraising efforts are not finished yet. Currently, they have raised $3000 and hope to raise more funds before scholarship announcements in May.

“One-hundred percent of funds go to scholarships for kids from this system,” founder of the Pell City Players Kathy McCoy said. “These are kids that are sometimes overlooked when it comes to scholarships. They pour their hearts and souls into this and as some of the seniors prepare to go to college, every dollar counts. We want to create a little bit less of a financial burden for them.”

The PCHS Showstoppers, who recently received second place in State Competition in Montgomery, performed their “Evolution of Dance” routine to an amazed audience. Despite a reduced number of performers due to flu, the students performed a melody of hits and dance routines from swing to modern hip-hop.

Other performers in attendance were Jacob Call, Elizabeth Money, Kelly Cardenas and her daughter Amy, Maci Johnsey, Jeffrey Wills, Alex Duck, Amy Drinkwater, Wendy Dewberry, Trevor Howard, and Steve Pennington on piano. Kevin Dewberry was the master of ceremonies, and it happened to be his birthday, so the audience got in on the singing as well.

“People are growing to recognize theatre as important,” Kevin Dewberry said. “It will inspire people to come here.”